coppro wrote:
> Create a new power-2 rule entitled {Contestants} with the following
> text:
>
> In order to be a contestant of a contest, an entity must be an
> active player, a party to that contest, and not its contestmaster.
> An entity that does not meet these requirements CANNOT become a
> contestant of a contest, and if an entity ever fails to meet these
> requirements for a given contest, that entity ceases to be a
> contestant of that contest. Changes to whether or not a player is
> a contestant to a contest are secured.
>
> In the text of a contest, contestant generally refers to the
> contestants of that contest. The set of contestants of a contract
> are that contract's contestants. Causing a player to become a
> contestant of a contest is also know as entering em to the
> contest; causing em to cease to be a contestent is to cause em to
> quit the contest.
>
> A player generally CAN enter or quit a contest by announcement,
> subject to the normal requirements. Any player may cause another
> player to quit a contest by announcement if that player has not,
> in the past 90 days, been awarded points by that contest or
> announced eir intent to remain a contestant of that contest.
Why not just "A contestant of a contest is a party to it, other than
its contestmaster, who is an active player"?
> If Enigma is a Champion's Contest, create a new power-2 rule entitled
> {Enigma Contestant Exemption} with the following text:
>
> For the purposes of the interpretation of the text of Enigma, a
> contestant is a party to Enigma. This supersedes any other rule
> defining the term.
>
> If Enigma is not a Champion's Contest, any player may cause this
> rule to repeal itself by announcement.
Better to amend Enigma by replacing "contestant" with "party" wherever
appropriate.
